{"product_id":"tanaka-shigeo-yumi-kagura-cd-456028321154","title":"Shigeo Tanaka - Yumi Kagura [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCD version in a jewel case includes bonus track and a 28 page booklet. Kagura is a thousand-year-old form of Japanese Shinto sacred music and dance, accompanying the chanting of myths; the word \"kagura\" can be translated as \"god-entertainment\". Passed down over countless generations, the music is rare and recordings even rarer. Shigeo Tanaka was a master of the yumi (bow), an uncommon single-string percussion instrument, which is a true bow: arrows are fired off at the end of each ceremony to fend off evil spirits. The instrument is difficult to play; it's hard to draw out the proper sound and maintain the rhythm. Yumi Kagura is the oldest of all the various forms of Kagura. The Tanaka family, based in rural Joge-cho, Hiroshima prefecture, has passed down this yumi kagura tradition for hundreds of years; this lineage continues to this day in the person of his daughter Ritsuko Tanaka. The Joge-cho yumi kagura, which prays for family well-being, bountiful crops and good fortune, was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1971. Previously available only on a ridiculously obscure 1991 cassette release, Yumi-kagura is the first collaborative release by EM Records and Riyo Mountains, a Japanese folk song research team.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYumi Kagura: Takusa Saimon (1991)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInagahachiman Jinja Yumi Kagura HONO (2016) Ritsuko Tanaka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"705","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50569740484904,"sku":"456028321154","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/3411748.jpg?v=1763988684","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/tanaka-shigeo-yumi-kagura-cd-456028321154","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}